ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,617, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Externally controlled indicator" was invented by Jay Walsh (Brookfield, Wis.), Steven M. Smith (Greenfield, Wis.) and Jonathan E. Abbott (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for performing a function. The device including a housing, an indicator configured to provide an indication, a first electronic processer within the housing and configured to control operation of the indicator, and a wireless communication device including a second electronic processer. The wireless communication device is configured to wirelessly communicate ...